Europe & UK

There was not a lot to justify a strong session on Wall Street, but the sellers are on holiday. Dow up 85. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

A raft of mostly positive US data was met with ambivalence last night by the three traders left on Wall Street. Dow down 7. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

Is a solid US retail sales number good news or bad news? Wall Street doesn’t know either. Dow up 2. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

Italy can avoid Spain’s seeming fate by reducing its borrowing with a determined programme of public asset sales and bridge financing, according to Professor Francesco Giavazzi.

Wrap of events affecting the market on Friday night and the weekend and a preview of the week ahead.

A brief look at important company events and economic data releases next week.

Peter Switzer of the Switzer Super Report sees a pullback ahead of what might next come out of Europe.

Northern financial markets have ground to a summer holiday halt with three more weeks of speculation to go. Dow down 10. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

There’s not much incentive to sell, but yet no confirmation of reasons to buy at this point. Dow up 7. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

The S&P hit the technically significant 1400 mark last night as Wall Street continues to exhibit confidence in the world’s central banks. Dow up 51. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)